Chapter-16: Edison

Sya's POV: I swung my legs around, munching on the apple in my hand. I was sitting on the kitchen stool, near the kitchen island, and chatting casually with Cara as she did the dishes after dinner. I did ask her to let me help her but she refused and forcefully put me on the stool. Turned out, she was great company. She was funny, smart and I didn't even realize she was an old woman. Well, she hadn't come off that way the first time I met her anyway. A smile made its way to my lips as I remembered how she'd teased Kane the night she first saw me. Speaking of which, it had been a week since Kane and my first date, the night of our first kiss, and I was so happy. And for the first time in my life, I was content. But it scared me too. The way I'd found happiness in Kane. The thought of losing it all still lingered in my mind. It had been almost two and a half weeks since I'd run away from Helena's house. Seventeen days since I last saw the faces of those two horrible monsters. Still, wh